Full Details

Surname

WILLIAMSON

Forename

Baker

Day

30

Month

03

Year

1910

Age

58

Occupation

Banksman

Mine/Quarry Name

Wheldale

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Wheldale Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Castleford

County

Yorkshire WR

Details of Event

The empty cage was standing on the "fallers". The signals were given to the engineman from the hanger-on and banksman to go on. The engineman in mistake pulled the cage into the headgear leaving the pit unprotected, and Williamson who was pulling the levers of the fallers fell into the shaft.